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Professor of English Language at Lancaster University, corpus linguistics, FAcSS, FRSA.
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Paul Baker
Tony McEnery
about 1 month ago
How do you decide whether or not to use AI tools in your research? One approach is to judge the extent to which they align with the values that underpin your research - in this open access paper we look at this question of alignment.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-review-of-applied-linguistics/article/question-of-alignment-ai-genai-and-applied-linguistics/E6A660007BF5160CF289329162DC7A2D
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Paul Baker
Tony McEnery
about 1 month ago
Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here:
www.edx.org/learn/social...
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lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX
In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...
https://www.edx.org/learn/social-sciences/lancaster-university-corpus-linguistics-and-new-technologies-data-language-society
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Elena Semino
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Just received the final proofs of this book, based on
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social
research on health communication. It will be out *open access* later this year.
@paulari.bsky.social
@gavinbrookes.bsky.social
@lukeccollins.bsky.social
@tonymcenery.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
Cambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/applying-corpus-linguistics-to-illness-and-healthcare/541C606605FB876FADD799CAFBD18BEC#
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What happens when you use AI to tag 8546 images in a 1.5m word corpus of UK news about Islam? How accurate is the tagger? What's the relationship between images and words? My new Cambridge Element with
@hannaschmueck.bsky.social
and Yufang Qian is now free to access
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
Cambridge Core - Research Methods in Linguistics - Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/automatic-image-tagging-for-corpus-linguistics/767CEC36FC9C41220AC3F6121A03C505
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Great plenary by
@proftaylor.bsky.social
and
@journolinguist.bsky.social
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#CL2025
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A great week at the Lancaster University Summer School in Corpus Linguistics. I think this is the 15th year I've taught on it.
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@mollyconisbee.bsky.social
congrats on your Guardian article today!
4 months ago
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One of my favourite places might not last much longer 😟https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/14/uks-oldest-indian-restaurant-faces-closure-in-dispute-with-crown-estate
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UK’s oldest Indian restaurant faces closure in dispute with crown estate
Owner of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, London, heads to high court to object to ‘heartless’ plans to upgrade building
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/14/uks-oldest-indian-restaurant-faces-closure-in-dispute-with-crown-estate
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Very proud that my department (Linguistics and English Language) is placed 3rd in the world for a second year
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...
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Lancaster subjects are among best in the world and Linguistics takes third place - Lancaster University
Linguistics at Lancaster University has been ranked third in the world with eight other subjects making it into the world top 100, according to new rankings released today.
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-subjects-are-among-best-in-the-world-and-linguistics-takes-third-place
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My recent Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge on Polari is now available on YouTube
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Great to represent
@lancslinguistics.bsky.social
and give a Darwin College lecture at the University of Cambridge this evening on Polari. Among others, the series has hosted Mary Beard, Desmond Tutu, David Crystal, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Hawking and Sandy Toksvig. It was a bona nochy.
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Paul Baker
Sally Hunt
7 months ago
Happy to say this was published yesterday:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Linguistic Representations of Gender in Children's Literature
This book examines how aspects of gender and identity are represented in a cross-section of bestselling children's book series of the last 60 years.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-76662-6
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Paul Baker
Paweł Szudarski
7 months ago
Happy to share my review of 'Vocabulary, Corpus and Language Teaching', just out in ELT Journal.
#artificialintelligence
#ChatGPT
#elt
academic.oup.com/eltj/advance...
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Vocabulary, corpus and language teaching. A machine-generated literature overview
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 can be classified as a pivotal moment, one that compels us to pause and consider some fundamental questions related
https://academic.oup.com/eltj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/elt/ccaf006/8015739?fbclid=IwY2xjawIdawlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdphZ0P5aoXXG21u8cI6AUAt3gkZIIxvRAGmVHGd0TeO2EkR99hclKZvrA_aem_uLg0oQYprqF6dhAf-98asA&login=false
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Great to chat with
@ollyalexander.bsky.social
about his fantabulosa new album Polari on The Today Show this morning 👏❤️🌈
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